On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > "Choice" is the biggest red herring in this whole debacle. "Choice" is > meaningless if the choices available don't do you any good. In many > states you have a choice between methods of execution. You could be > electrocuted or die by lethal injection. Whooppie! But what if you > didn't want to die? Oh, well, sorry, that's not a choice.
I'm not sure I would advocate a wide selection of execution methods as an solution for national health care. I don't think you meant that, but the point really doesn't mean anything else in this discussion. > Yes, you can choose private insurance right now. Or rather, you can > choose to try and get private insurance. Ever tried doing that? Yes, as an individual and as a business owner. > I tried getting coverage through BCBS for [snip]... > > Only a very few lucky individuals in the current system get any > meaningful choices. And those are often the people that need the > system least anyway. Choice is the very last thing I'm going to worry > about in the health care debate. Get affordable coverage out to > people. Then we can talk about choice. That does suck. You are mad because you were not given a choice. Understandable. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288688 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
